PHARMACOGNOSTICAL STUDY OF TECOMA CHRYSOTRICHA (MART. EX.) GROWING IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

 Preliminary phytochemical screening of the shoots of Tecoma chrysotricha (Mart. ex.) Bignoniaceae, as well as macro and micromorphological characters of the stem and leaf of the plant were studied. The phytochemical screening proved the presence of sterols, triterpenes, flavonoids and traces of alkaloids.